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E.Faecium GroEL
Structural highlights
FunctionA0A132Z3A5_ENTFC Together with its co-chaperonin GroES, plays an essential role in assisting protein folding. The GroEL-GroES system forms a nano-cage that allows encapsulation of the non-native substrate proteins and provides a physical environment optimized to promote and accelerate protein folding.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00600][RuleBase:RU000419] Publication Abstract from PubMedWe recently reported on small-molecule inhibitors of the GroES/GroEL chaperone system as potential antibiotics against Escherichia coli and the ESKAPE pathogens but were unable to establish GroES/GroEL as the cellular target, leading to cell death. In this study, using two of our most potent bis-sulfonamido-2-phenylbenzoxazoles (PBZs), we established the binding site of the PBZ molecules using cryo-EM and found that GroEL was the cellular target responsible for the mode of action. Cryo-EM revealed that PBZ1587 binds at the GroEL ring-ring interface (RRI). A cellular reporter assay confirmed that PBZ1587 engaged GroEL in cells, but cellular rescue experiments showed potential off-target effects. This prompted us to explore a closely related analogue, PBZ1038, which is also bound to the RRI. Biochemical characterization showed potent inhibition of Gram-negative chaperonins but much lower potency of chaperonin from a Gram-positive organism, Enterococcus faecium. A cellular reporter assay showed that PBZ1038 also engaged GroEL in cells and that the cytotoxic phenotype could be rescued by a chromosomal copy of E. faecium GroEL/GroES or by expressing a recalcitrant RRI mutant. These data argue that PBZ1038's antimicrobial action is exerted through inhibition of GroES/GroEL, validating this chaperone system as an antibiotic target. Bis-sulfonamido-2-phenylbenzoxazoles Validate the GroES/EL Chaperone System as a Viable Antibiotic Target.,Godek J, Sivinski J, Watson ER, Lebario F, Xu W, Stevens M, Zerio CJ, Ambrose AJ, Zhu X, Trindl CA, Zhang DD, Johnson SM, Lander GC, Chapman E J Am Chem Soc. 2024 Jul 31;146(30):20845-20856. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c05057. Epub , 2024 Jul 23. PMID:39041457[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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